In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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Chocolate is lower in caffeine than tea, coffee and coca cola. A one ounce bar of chocolate contains about 6mg of caffeine, whereas a five ounce cup of regular coffee contains over 40mg.
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Seattle is planning to build a new city park filled with hundreds of edible plants - such as fruit trees, vegetables plants, herbs, etc… Free to “anyone and everyone.” If successful, it will be the first “food forest” of the nation.
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For clean fruit, fill a bowl with water (or, for bigger batches, use a clean sink), add 1 cup of vinegar, and stir. Add fruit and leave to soak for 10 minutes. The water will be dirty and the fruit will be sparkly clean with no wax or dirty film.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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Quality dark chocolate contains flavonoids which help reduced the risk of heart disease.
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